Quiz 4: Long Term Memory

According to your text, which of the following movies is LEAST accurate in its portrayal of a memory problem?

50 First Dates

The predominant type of coding in LTM is

semantic

Regarding free recall of a list of items, which of the following will most likely cause the recency effect to disappear by preventing rehearsal from taking place?

Counting backward for 30 seconds before recall

People who suffer from alcohol abuse may suffer from ____________________ brought on by Korsakoff's syndrome, and be unable to form new long-term memories.

amnesia

____________________ memories are to experiences as ____________________ memories are to facts.

Episodic; semantic

Which of the following is NOT an example of semantic memory?

I remember the day we learned about how talking on cell phones can impair driving ability.

Your book discusses the memory functioning of patient H.M. who underwent brain surgery to relieve severe epileptic seizures. H.M.'s case has been extremely informative to psychologists by demonstrating that

STM can operate normally while LTM is impaired

Wickens et al.'s "fruit, meat, and professions" experiment failed to show a release from proactive interference in the "fruit" group because

The stimulus category remained the same

Ming is taking a memory test. She is more likely to recall the name of a popular singer if she had

attended the singer's concert last year with her boyfriend.

Murdoch's "remembering a list" experiment described the serial position curve and found that memory is best for ____________________ of a list.

both the first and last words

When investigating the serial position curve, delaying the memory test for 30 seconds

decreases the recency effect.

"I remember being really excited last year, when my college team won the national championship in basketball." This statement is an example of _____________________ memory.

episodic

In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray's character grows frustrated as he experiences the same day in his life over and over again. With each "passing" day, he is able to respond to people's actions more and more quickly because of

repetition priming.

Which of the following is NOT an example of an implicit memory?

semantic memory

The dramatic case of patient H.M. clearly illustrates that ____________________ is crucial for the formation of LTMs.

the hippocampus

Your text discusses how episodic and semantic memories are interconnected. This discussion revealed that when we experience events,

the knowledge that makes up semantic memories is initially attained through a personal experience based in episodic memory.

Which of the following would most likely be a detailed long-term memory?

I was talking to that girl just before class ***recent memories tend to be more detailed

A patient suffering from Korsakoff's syndrome, such as "Jimmy G" who is described in your text, would be able to perform which of the following activities without difficulty?

Identifying a photograph of his childhood home

Which of the following is NOT a conclusion from the case of H.M., who had an operation to help alleviate his epileptic seizures?

LTMs are stored in the hippocampus

One of the defining characteristics of implicit memory is that

we are not conscious we are using it.